Thoroughbreds and Tattooing

[harvestmoon]

Well, to each their own, but to me they look like the equine equivalent of a prison tattoo, or something.

And Thoroughbreds often race with short pulled manes (as opposed to the Standardbreds I see), so I doubt they’d be really covered. Dunno, I know it’s vain, but the idea doesn’t appeal to me. Bah.

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[QUOTE=harvestmoon;7257633]
I agree, big freeze brands on the neck are unsightly. If you need to brand, just do a small one on the shoulder, like they do in AUS/NZ/HK.[/QUOTE]

So personally…I think the shoulder one is more noticeable than the STB neck freezebrand.
I just feel that it’s a much more visible and reliable ID method. I wonder if you could do it in such a way that it wasn’t white? for example, like a Warmblood brand. So if you kept the area clipped (when horses were racing, for example) for quicker ID, and then would barely be able to see it otherwise?

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[QUOTE=furlong47;7255571]
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I’ve never heard of a TB registry that freeze brands under the saddle (doesn’t mean one doesn’t exist in some obscure country). But there’s Farmkey in the UK which does personal brands in that location consisting of letters and numbers. http://www.farmkey.co.uk/farmkey/[/QUOTE]

This is exactly what he had. Wonder if he was an import. He was a big, looney thing; a lot bigger boned and taller than most TBs I’ve seen, and not exactly the best-minded animal. Very sweet on the ground but prone to check out under saddle on occasion.